Submitted Surnames from Locations

Mashima Japanese
Ma can mean "real, genuine, true" or "flax" and shima means "island".

Mashimo Japanese
From the Japanese 真 (ma) "real" and 下 (shimo or shita) "down," "bottom."

Mashkovtsev m Russian

Mashreque Muslim
Name for someone who came from the Mashreq region in the Middle East (modern Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq).

Massa Italian
A habitational name from any of the various places named Massa (for example, Massa Lubrense or Massa di Somma, both in the Metropolitan City of Naples, or Massa d’Albe in the Province of L'Aquila), which were all named from the medieval Latin word massa, meaning ‘holding’ or ‘estate’.

Massie English
Variant of Massey.

Massingham English
From the name of either of two villages in Norfolk, England, meaning "Mæssa’s village", composed of the personal name Mæssa and possessive suffix ing combined with ham "home, settlement".

Massy English
Variant of Massey.

Masten English
This surname came from when a family lived in the settlements named Marsden in Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Mastenbroek Dutch
Originally indicated a person from the polder area of Mastenbroek in the Dutch province of Overijssel, as well as a small village built around a church in the middle of that polder area. The place names derive from Middle Dutch mast meaning "pole, mast" or "pig feed, fodder" combined with broek meaning "marsh, wetland".

Mastenbrook Dutch (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Mastenbroek.

Masterton Scottish (Rare)
From English Masterton, an area in the city of Dunfermline in the council area of Fife in Scotland.

Masuda Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase", 益 (masu) meaning "benefit", 舛 (masu) meaning "oppose, to go against" (kun reading), 桝 (masu) meaning "box seat, measure" or 升 (masu) meaning "box" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Masugi Japanese

Masui Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Masumizu Japanese
From 升 (masu) meaning "measuring box, ascend, rise" or 増 (masu) meaning "increase" combined with 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Masumoto Japanese
From Japanese 増 (masu) meaning "increase" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Masuta Japanese

Masuyama Japanese
From the Japanese 増 (masu) "increase," 益 (masu) "benefit," 桝 (masu) "box seat," "measure" or 升 (masu) "box" and 山 (yama) "mountain."

Masvidal Spanish
surname formed by the union of the word, mas, meaning a house from rural zones that is appart from the village and is surrounded by farming land and forests; and another word relating to the owner of the mas.

Matake Japanese
Ma means "genuine" and take means "bamboo".

Matamala Catalan
Town of the Capcir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France.

Mataplana Catalan
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous farmhouse in the municipality of La Coma i la Pedra.

Matarese Italian
habitational name for someone from Matera (see Matera ) from materräisë a local adjectival form of the placename (in standard Italian materano).

Matera Italian
Habitational name from Matera in Basilicata region.

Matheny French (Anglicized)
Of French origin. According to Matheny family tradition, this surname comes from the name of a village in France named Mathenay. This may also have been a French Huguenot surname.

Mathrafal Medieval Welsh
Named for Castle Mathrafal (Castell-Mathrafal) in Powys, Mid Wales. The House of Mathrafal ruled over Powys for much of the Mediaeval period. Notable members of the family included Owain Glyn Dŵr, who led a rebellion against English rule in 1400.

Mathur Indian
Indian surname meaning, 'of Mathura'

Matley English

Matlock English
From the name of a town in Derbyshire, England, meaning "moot oak, oak where meetings were held", derived from Old English mæðel "meeting, gathering, council" (see mahal) and ac "oak (tree)".

Mato Japanese

Matoi Japanese

Matsu Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Matsubari Japanese

Matsubase Japanese (Rare)

Matsudaira Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree" and 平 (daira) meaning "flat, peace, calm".

Matsudo Japanese

Matsudou Japanese

Matsue Japanese

Matsueda Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and eda means "twig, branch".

Matsugawa Japanese
Variant of Matsukawa, meaning "pine tree river".

Matsuhara Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 松原 (see Matsubara.)

Matsuhashi Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".

Matsui Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Matsui Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Matsukata Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 方 (kata) meaning "direction".

Matsukawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Matsuki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Matsukura Japanese
Matsu means "pine tree" and kura means "storehouse".

Matsumae Japanese
松 (Matsu) means "pine" and 前 (mae) means "forward, front".

Matsumori Japanese
Matsu means "pine" and mori means "forest".

Matsunawa Japanese

Matsuno Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Matsuo Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end".

Matsusaki Japanese

Matsuse Japanese

Matsushima Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Matsuto Japanese
From 松 (matsu) meaning "pine" and 藤 (to) meaning "wisteria".

Matsuura Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet".

Matsuwaki Japanese

Matsuwara Japanese
Variant of Matsuhara.

Matsuyama Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Matsuyuki Japanese
Matsu (松) means "pine" and yuki (雪) means "snow". ... [more]

Matsuzaka Japanese
Variant of Matsusaka.

Matsuzaki Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Matsuzawa Japanese
Variant of Matsusawa.

Matsuzawa Japanese
From Japanese 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Matta Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of Mata.

Matten Flemish
Could derive from a short form of a given name such as Matthias or Mathilde, or be a toponym derived from either Middle High German mata "meadow" or French motte "clod, mound of earth".

Matteson English (American)

Mattila Finnish
Means "Matti's farm". A combination of Matti and the suffix -la "farm, place".

Mattingly English (British)
This name dates all the way back to the 1200s and research shows that Mattingly families began immigrating to the United States in the 1600s and continued until the 1900s. However, the place name (Mattingley, England) dates back to the year 1086, but spelled as Matingelege... [more]

Maturana Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Barrundia.

Matzeu Italian
Variant of Mazzeo.

Mâu Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Mou, from Sino-Vietnamese 牟 (mâu).

Maude English
Habitational name derived from Anglo-Norman French mont hault meaning "high hill".

Mauer German, Jewish
Topographic name for someone who lived near a wall, from Middle High German mure "wall".

Maugham English
Variant of Malham.

Maury French, Occitan, English
As a French name, it derives from a short form of the given name Amaury (see Emery)... [more]

Mavrothalassitis Greek

Mawari Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 廻 (see Meguri).

Mawatari Japanese
From the Japanese 馬 (ma, uma or ba) "horse" and 渡 (watari or wata) "ferry" or ferryboat."

Mawdsley English
Derived from Mawdesley in Lancashire, England; meaning "Maud's clearing," from the given name Maud and leah (woodland, clearing).

Maxfield English
Habitational name from places so named in England.

Maxton English
From a place name meaning "Maccus' settlement".

Maya Basque (Hispanicized), Portuguese (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of Portuguese Maia or of Basque Maia.

Mayberry English, Irish
Of uncertain origin, probably an altered form of Mowbray. Alternatively, it could be derived from an unidentified English place name containing the Old English element burg "fortress, citadel" and an uncertain first element.

Mayerhofer German (Austrian)
Denoted a person from the municipality of Mayrhof in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Mayfair English
Locational surname based off Mayfair, a district in the City of Westminster in London, England.

Mayfaire English

Mayfield English
From the surname but also a given name that reminds some of Springtime

Maynerd English
Variant of Maynard.

Mayo Irish
a county in Ireland

Mayock Irish

Mayorquin Spanish
variant of Mallorquín a habitational name for someone from Majorca the largest island in the Balearic Islands from an adjectival form of its Spanish name Mallorca.

Mazandarani Mazanderani
Likely originated to denote someone from the modern-day Mazandaran Province in Iran or someone of Mazandarani descent. It is transliterated in many different ways. One notable bearer is Mírzá Asadu'lláh Fádil Mázandarání (1881–1957), who was an important scholar for the Baháʼí Faith.

Mazariego Spanish
Altered form of Mazariegos in singular for matching with the bearer.

Maze French
Variant of Mas 1.

Mazer Russian, Yiddish
Variant of Mazur.

Mazey English

Mazo Spanish (Canarian)

Mbili Central African
Derived from a village in Cameroon named "Bambili".

Mbilli Central African
Variant of Mbili.

McAnulty Northern Irish (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
Meaning "son of the Ulidian", from the Irish surname Mac an Ultaigh, from mac, meaning son, and Ultach, denoting someone from the Irish province of Ulster.

McCurry Scottish, Irish
Variant of Currie

Mcgonagle American
Irish (Donegal) and Scottish (Glasgow): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conghail, a patronymic from the personal name Conghal, composed of Celtic elements meaning 'hound' + 'valor'.

Meader English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Mead 1 + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.

Meadow English
A topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow. The form meadow derives from mǣdwe, the dative case of Old English mǣd.

Meaño Galician
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Meath Irish
Denotes a person from County Meath, Ireland (see Mcnamee).

Meaux French
Habitational name from a place in Seine-et-Marne, so named from the Gaulish tribal name Meldi, or from Meaux-la-Montagne in Rhône.

Mecklenburg German, Jewish
Regional name for someone from this province in northern Germany. Derived from Old Saxon mikil "big, great" and burg "castle".

Medd English
Dweller at the meadow.

Medellin Spanish
Habitational name from a place so named in Badajoz province Latin (Caecilia) Metellina derived from the name of a 1st-century Roman proconsul in Spain Cecilio Metello Pio.

Medford English
Variant of Mitford.

Medley English
Habitational name, either a variant of Madeley (a name common to several places, including one in Shropshire and two in Staffordshire), named in Old English as ‘Mada’s clearing’, from an unattested byname, Mada (probably a derivative of mad ‘foolish’) + leah ‘woodland clearing’; or from Medley on the Thames in Oxfordshire, named in Old English with middel ‘middle’ + eg ‘island’... [more]

Medlicott English
Derivative from a location in Shropshire, England

Medlock English
Variant of Matlock.

Mée French
French habitational name from places called (Le) Mée in Mayenne, Eure-et-Loir, and Seine-et-Marne, derived from Old French me(i)s ‘farmstead’ (Latin mansus).

Meed English
Dweller at the meadow.

Meer Dutch, Low German
Means "lake, pool, marsh", from Old Germanic *mari "lake; sea, ocean". Compare Van der Meer.

Mefford English, German (Americanized), Dutch (Americanized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Meffert, derived from a Germanic given name composed of maht "strength, might" and fridu "peace" (see Metfried, Mathfrid)... [more]

Meguri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 巡 (Meguri), a clipping of 巡谷 (Meguriya) meaning "Meguriya", a division in the division of Nakada in the area of Aiga in the city of Sumoto in the prefecture of Hyōgo in Japan.

Meguri Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 廻 (meguri), from 廻り (meguri) meaning "transport route, regular visit". This is the name of a former village in the district of Aira in the former Japanese province of Ōsumi in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Mehrabani Persian
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Mehraban, located in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran.

Meijerink Dutch
Toponymic surname derived from meier "bailiff, steward, tenant farmer" (see Meijer) combined with the suffix -ink.

Meiler Romansh
Derived from the place name Meils (present-day Mels in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland).

Meireles Portuguese
Habitational name for someone from a place called Meireles in Portugal, meaning unclear.

Meißner German
Variant of Meissner.

Mekky Arabic (Egyptian)
Refers to the city of Mecca or Makka (مكة) in Saudi Arabia, considered the most holy city in Islam.

Melanchthon History
Means "black earth", derived from Greek μελανός (melanos), the genitive of the adjective μέλας (melas) meaning "black, dark", and χθών (chthon) meaning "land, earth, soil"... [more]

Melander Swedish
Combination of the element Mel-, which is unexplained but probably derived from a place name, and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er)... [more]

Melby Norwegian
Modern form of Meðalbýr meaning "middle farm", a combination of Old Norse meðal "middle" and býr "farm".

Meldrum Scottish

Melford English

Melgar Spanish
Topographical name for someone who lived by a field of lucerne, Spanish melgar (a collective derivative of mielga 'lucerne', Late Latin melica, for classical Latin Medica (herba) 'plant' from Media).

Melgosa Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 Castilian municipalities, Melgosa de Burgos or Melgosa de Villadiego. It could also indicate familial origin within the Manchego municipality La Melgosa.

Melin Swedish
From any place name named with the element mel- "middle".

Mellali Moroccan
Habitational name from the city of Beni Mellal

Mellali Moroccan
Habitational name from the city of Beni Mellal.

Mellenthin German
Habitational name from places so called near Berlin and on the island of Usedom.

Melling English

Mellor English
Parishes in Derbyshire, and Lancashire, meaning the mill bank. ... [more]

Melrose Scottish, English
Habitational name from a place near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, so named from British words that were ancestors of Welsh moel ‘bare, barren’ + rhos ‘moor, heath’. ... [more]

Melton English
Habitational name from any of several places meaning "middle town". Compare Middleton.

Mendarozketa Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous council of the municipality of Zigoitia.

Mendarózqueta Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mendarozketa.

Mendarte Basque
Habitational name of Gipuzkoan origin, possibly derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and arte "between, among".

Mendenhall English
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous place in Wiltshire.

Mendibil Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and -bil "round, circular".

Mendiburu Basque
Means "top of the mountain" in Basque.

Mendieta Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and -eta "place of, abundance of".

Mendiguren Basque
From the name of a hamlet meaning "edge of the mountain" in Basque.

Mendinueta Basque
From the name of a village in Itzagaondoa, Navarre, Spain, derived from Basque mendino "small mountain" and the toponymic suffix -eta "place of, abundance of".

Mendiola Basque
From the name of a village in Álava, Basque Country, derived from mendi "mountain" combined with either ola "hut, cabin; foundry, factory" or -ola "place of".

Mendívil Basque (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Mendibil.

Mendizabal Basque
Means "wide mountain", derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and zabal "wide, broad, ample". This was also the name of a neighborhood of Arratzua-Ubarrundia that the falangists demolished in 1959 to make way for a reservoir.

Mendola Italian
topographic name for someone who lived by an almond tree or trees or a habitational name from any of the places called with the dialect term amendola mendula "almond almond tree" (see Amendola ). Compare Lamendola.

Mendonça Portuguese
Portuguese form of Mendoza.

Mendosa Spanish
Variant spelling of Mendoza.

Menear Cornish, English (British)
English (Devon; of Cornish origin): topographic name for someone who lived by a menhir, i.e. a tall standing stone erected in prehistoric times (Cornish men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’). In the United States, it is a common surname in Pennsylvania & West Virginia.

Meneses Spanish, Portuguese
Meaning uncertain. It was likely a habitational name from either the municipality of Meneses de Campos in Palencia or the municipality of Valle de Mena in Burgos.

Menez Breton
Menez means mount or mountain in Breton.

Menezes Portuguese
Portuguese form of Meneses.

Mengíbar Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality.

Menhenot Cornish (Rare, Archaic)
It is derived from the placename "Menheniot" in Cornwall.

Menjívar Spanish
Variant of Mengíbar.

Mensink Dutch
Patronymic or habitational name meaning "of Menso", a diminutive of personal name derived from the element megin (see Mense, Menno).

Mentzer German
Habitational name with the agent suffix -er, either from Mainz, earlier Mentz, derived from the medieval Latin name Mogontia (Latin Mogontiacum, probably from the Celtic personal name Mogontios), or from Menz in Brandenburg and Saxony.

Menzer German
Variant of Mentzer.

Menzie Scottish
Menzie (originally spelled Menȝie) derives from the surname Menzies, which in turn derives from the Norman commune Mesnières (known as Maneria in the 1300s)... [more]

Menzies Scottish
Variant of Menzie.

Meràs Occitan
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Languedocien commune.

Mercey French
Derived from the name of the commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

Mercy French
Variant of Mercey.

Mergenthaler German
Habitational name for someone from a place called Mergenthal in Saxony or Bohemia.

Meri Estonian, Finnish
Means "sea" in both Estonian and Finnish.

Mérida Spanish
habitational name from the city of Mérida in Badajoz province... [more]

Merifild English
Variant of Merrifield.

Merivale English
The surname Merivale was first found in Cornwall and Devon, where this prominent family flourished. Walter Merifild was recorded in Devon in 1200 but it is believed the family had established itself earlier in St... [more]

Merley English

Merrifield English
English habitational name from any of various places, such as Merryfield in Devon and Cornwall or Mirfield in West Yorkshire, all named with the Old English elements myrige 'pleasant' + feld 'pasture', 'open country.' See also Merivale.

Merriott English
Either a habitational name from Merriott in Somerset. The placename may derive from Old English mere miere "mare" mere "pool" or gemære "boundary" and gæt "gate gap"... [more]

Merson English
Variant of Marston.

Mertesacker German
Means "Merten's field" in German, derived from the given name Merten and Middle High German acker meaning "field". A famous bearer is the retired German soccer player Per Mertesacker (1984-).

Merton English
From a place name meaning "town on a lake" in Old English.

Mesa Spanish
Habitational name for someone from any of the various locations in Spain called Mesa meaning "table" or "mesa" in Spanish (referring to a flat area of land).

Meschwitz Sorbian (Germanized)
Germanized form of Mješicy.

Meşe Turkish
Means "oak" in Turkish.

Meseta Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning "plateau" in Spanish. Primarily used mostly in Mexico.

Mesquita Portuguese
Means "mosque" in Portuguese, used as a topographic name for someone who lived near a mosque.

Messam English (British)
originates from a place called Measham in the county of Leicestershire. The placename is first recorded in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, as Messeham, and in the Pipe Rolls of the county of 1182 as Meisham... [more]

Messer German
Occupational name for an official in charge of measuring the dues paid in kind by tenants, from an agent derivative of Middle High German mezzen "to measure".

Messinis Greek
Habitational name for someone who resides in Messene (present day Messina).

Messino Italian
Variant of Messina.

Messler German
Habitational name for someone from Messel near Darmstadt.

Messley English

Mestanza Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Mestre Italian, Spanish

Metheny English
Originated from the village name of Methley in Yorkshire.

Methven Scottish
From the village name "Methven" in Scotland.

Mets Estonian
Means "forest" in Estonian.

Metsaorg Estonian
Metsaorg is an Estonian surname meaning "forest valley".

Metslang Estonian
Metslang is an Estonian surname meaning "forest cutting area"; derived from the compounds "mets "forest" and "lank" (cutting area).

Meulen Dutch, Belgian
Variant spelling of Molen, meaning "mill".

Meutstege Dutch
Possibly from Dutch meute meaning "pack, crowd" and steeg meaning "alleyway, lane, narrow path". Dutch former soccer player Wim Meutstege (1952-) bears this name.

Meza Spanish
Older variant of Mesa.

Mezquita Spanish
Spanish cognate of Mesquita.

Miano Italian
Habitational name from Miano in Naples, Parma, and Teramo; Miane in Treviso; or Mian in Belluno.

Miao Chinese
From Chinese 苗 (miáo) meaning "seedling, shoot, sprout", also referring to the ancient fief of Miao, which existed in the state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Michalczewski Polish
This indicates familial origin within the Masovian village of Michalczew.

Michałowski Polish
Name for someone from a place called Michałowice, derived from the given name Michał.

Michalsky Polish
A variant of Michalski. "Polish and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name for someone from a place called Michale in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or Michały in Masovian Voivodeship both named with the personal name Michał (see Michal ). Jewish (from Poland): patronymic from the personal name Michal." ... [more]

Michida Japanese
Michi means "path, road" and da means field, rice paddy".

Michikiyo Japanese
Michi means "path, road" and kiyo means "pure, clean".... [more]

Michita Japanese
Variant of Michida.

Michiyama Japanese
Michi means "path" and yama means "mountain, hill".

Michizoe Japanese
From the Japanese 道 (michi) "road," "way," "path" and 添 (zoe or soe) "addition," "add-on," "improvememnt."

Micklethwaite English
Habitational name for a person from several places inside West Yorkshire, all derived from Old Norse mikill "great, large" and þveit "clearing, pasture".

Mida Japanese
Variant of Mita.

Middag Dutch
Means "midday, noon" in Dutch. Compare German Mittag.

Middelberg Dutch
Variant of Middelburg, derived from middel "middle, centre" and burg "fortress, citadel".

Middendorf German
"middle of the village"

Middle English
Derived from the word middle

Middleditch English

Midford English
Habitational name for someone from Mitford in Northumberland.

Mido Japanese

Midoh Japanese

Midōmaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), a prefix added to emphasize beauty, 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine, hall", and 丸 (maru) meaning "circle, sphere", referring to a round land.

Midomaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Midorigawa Japanese
A variant of Midorikawa.

Midorikawa Japanese
From Japanese 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Midorino Japanese
Midori means "green" and no means "field, plain".

Midou Japanese

Midoumaru Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 御堂丸 (see Midōmaru).

Midthun Norwegian (?)
A habitational name of western Norway descent from Old Norse mith 'middle' + tún 'enclosure farmstead.'

Midtsjø Norwegian
Derived from Norwegian midte meaning "middle, center" and sjø meaning "sea, lake".

Mieda Japanese

Miedema West Frisian, Dutch
Derived from West Frisian miede "meadow, hayfield" and the suffix -ma "one of the men of".

Miedinger German
Habitational name for someone from Meitingen in Württemberg.

Mier Low German, Flemish
Variant of Meer.

Mieras Catalan
Castilianized form of Mieres, a habitational name from Catalan and Asturian-Leonese Mieres, towns in Catalonia and Asturies.

Miglinieks Latvian
Name comes from the village Miglinieki.

Mignano Italian
Possibly taken from the Mignano Monte Lungo commune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania.

Mignogna Italian
In part a Southern Italian a habitational name from Mignogna, a minor place in Foggia province.

Mihara Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Mijangos Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Cuesta Urria.

Mijima Japanese
Variant of Mishima.

Mikami Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper".

Mikawa Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Mikazuki Japanese (Rare)
Mikazuki is a one kanji surname that means "crescent moon".

Miki Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Mikkelsaar Estonian
Mikkelsaar is an Estonian surname derived from the masculine given name "Mikkel (Mihkel)" and "saar", meaning island; "Mikkel's island".

Mikumo Japanese
Mi can mean "beautiful" or "three" and kumo means "cloud".

Milán Spanish
Spanish form of Milan.

Milan Italian, French
Habitational name from the Italian city of Milan (see Milano).

Milanés Spanish
habitational name for someone from Milan in Italy (see Milano) from milanés an adjectival form of the place name. Variant of Milan.

Milanese Italian
One who came from Milan.

Milanesi Italian
It comes from the Italian city of Milan, in Lombardia (northern Italy), where it is most used

Milazzo Italian, Sicilian
habitational name from Milazzo in Messina province.

Milbourne English
Variant form of Milburn.

Milholland English

Milhouse English
Variant spelling of Millhouse.

Milin Breton
Means "mill" in Breton.

Militão Portuguese (Brazilian)
Locational surname denoting someone who lives near a military base.

Mill Scottish, English
Scottish and English: topographic name for someone who lived near a mill, Middle English mille, milne (Old English myl(e)n, from Latin molina, a derivative of molere ‘to grind’)... [more]

Millare Spanish (Philippines)
Possibly a variant of Millares.

Millares Galician
Habitational name from any of various places named Millares in Galicia, from the plural of Galician millar meaning "millet field".

Milley English
Habitational name from a lost or unidentified place possibly in Lincolnshire.

Millington English
Parishes in Cheshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Milludi Basque (Rare)
Possibly a variant of the toponym Merelludi, of uncertain etymology. Could be related to a Basque word meaning "mill" or "millet" and the locative or collective suffix -di.

Mimana Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 任那 (Mimana) meaning "Mimana", an ancient hypothesized region in parts of present-day South Korea, mentioned in the Nihon Shoki.

Mims English (British)
Habitational name from Mimms (North and South Mimms) in Hertfordshire, most probably derived from an ancient British tribal name, Mimmas.

Mimura Japanese
From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, hamlet, village".

Minagawa Japanese
Variant of Minakawa.

Minagro Sicilian
Minagro: A Sicilian surname, with Latin & Greek etymological origins. Min: from Latin minusculus/little or small — Agro: from both Latin agro/field & Greek αγρό agro/field

Minakami Japanese
From the 水 (mina) meaning "water" and 上 (kami) meaning "above, top, upper". 水上 is often pronounced suijou, and it means "seaplane" in Japanese.

Minakawa Japanese
From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "all, every" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Minamide Japanese
From 南 (minami, nan) meaning "south" and 出 (de) meaning "exit".

Minamihisamatsu Japanese

Minamino Japanese
From Japanese 南 (minami) meaning "south" and 野 (no) meaning "field, plain".

Minamisawa Japanese
Minami means "south" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Minamishima Japanese

Minamizawa Japanese
Variant of Minamisawa.

Minari Japanese

Minaru Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 御 (mi-), an archaic honorific added to emphasize godlike respect or beauty, and 鳴 (nari), from 鳴り (nari) meaning "ring", referring to a place with a lot of sound (in a positive way).

Minato Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour".

Minatoya Japanese
From Japanese 湊 or 港 (minato) meaning "port, harbour" combined with 屋 (ya) meaning "dwelling, roof".

Minatozaki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "harbor, port, assemble" combined with 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".

Minaya Spanish
From Minaya, the name of a town in Albacete province, Spain. According to the scholar Miguel Asín Palacios, the place name comes means "open and visible path" from Arabic. It has also been speculated that the place name has Basque origins, meaning "ore", "ore vein" or "asphodel pastures".

Mindanao Tagalog
From the name of the second largest island in the Philippines, which was derived from the name of the Maguindanao people (see Mindanao).

Minde German
Habitational name denoting someone from the city of Minden.

Minden German, English
Habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Westphalia (German) or Shropshire (English).

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Minegishi Japanese
From Japanese 嶺 or 峰 (mine) meaning "peak, summit, ridge" and 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, seashore, bank".

Mineharu Japanese

Minematsu Japanese

Mineo Japanese
Mine means "peak" and i means "tail".

Minervino Italian
a habitational name from either of two places, Minervino di Lecce or Minervino Murge, in the provinces of Lecce and Bari, which take their names from ancient temples dedicated to the Roman goddess Minerva.

Mineta Japanese
From Japanese 峯 (mine) meaning "peak, summit" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".